Zurab Tsereteli | |
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Born | Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli 4 January 1934 |
Notable work | The Peter the Great Statue, Birth of the New World, Tear of Grief |
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Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli (Georgian: ზურაბ კონსტანტინეს ძე წერეთელი, Russian: Зураб Константинович Церетели; born 4 January 1934) is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments. Tsereteli has served as the President of the Russian Academy of Arts since 1997.